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Debian dsa-5883 : mercurial - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 233214

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5883 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5883-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff March 22, 2025 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : mercurial CVE ID : CVE-2025-2361

 A cross-site scripting vulnerability was discovered in hgweb, the integrated stand-alone web interface of the Mercurial version control system.

 For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 6.3.2-1+deb12u1.

 We recommend that you upgrade your mercurial packages.

 For the detailed security status of mercurial please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/mercurial

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the mercurial packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/mercurial

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-2361

https://packages.debian.org/source/bookworm/mercurial

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 233214

File Name: debian_DSA-5883.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/22/2025

Updated: 3/22/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-2361

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Threat Score: 1.3

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mercurial, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:mercurial-common, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-2361